[gentoo-user] [OT] Toggling wireless on eee without fn+f2

[Maxim Wexler]

Hi group,

I recall a reference, which I can't find anymore, to a method of
toggling the wireless on/off for a EEE-PC that involved first,
disabling wireless in the BIOS, and then echo'ing a 1 or a 0 to some
file or other. Does anybody know the method I refer to? I can't
remember the file or the complete command, just that it involves
echo'ing a 1 or 0 somewhere. This was part of a discussion lamenting
the difficulty of getting fn + f2 to work on something other than the
stock Xandros OS.C

I tried 'Code Listing 6.2: Automated WLAN Power Management' in the
gentoo doc, 'Power Management Guide' which says to put
'iwconfig_wlan="power on"' in /etc/conf.d/net without success

Maxim

[Neil Bothwick]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:40:27 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote:

> I recall a reference, which I can't find anymore, to a method of
> toggling the wireless on/off for a EEE-PC that involved first,
> disabling wireless in the BIOS, and then echo'ing a 1 or a 0 to some
> file or other. Does anybody know the method I refer to? I can't
> remember the file or the complete command, just that it involves
> echo'ing a 1 or 0 somewhere.

There's a script to do this on the Wiki

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC_701#Wireless

--
Neil Bothwick

"RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure!"

[Maxim Wexler]

> There's a script to do this on the Wiki
>
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC_701#Wireless

"Make sure that you have compiled PCI Express Hotplug as module in kernel."

check

"Also this script uses acpi_fakekey which you can find eg. as part of
the sys-power/acpi-support package in the Sunrise overlay. "

Doesn't seem to be any 'sys-power/acpi-support' in portage. There's
acpi, which I installed, but it doesn't help.

mw

[Alan McKinnon]

you even quoted the part where it clearly says the package is NOT in portage.

It's in an overlay, Sunrise to be exact, and you need layman for that. There
is an excellent layman guide on the gentoo docs site.

--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

[Maxim Wexler]

> "Also this script uses acpi_fakekey which you can find eg. as part of
> the sys-power/acpi-support package in the Sunrise overlay. "

OK, there's a fakekey(fakephp.ko) module in bus options, which I
configured and installed. No help. I think that script is outdated,
too. It mentions modules which don't appear in the 2.6.29-r5 sources.
Leastwise, I can't find them.

[Neil Bothwick]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:51:35 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote:

> > "Also this script uses acpi_fakekey which you can find eg. as part of
> > the sys-power/acpi-support package in the Sunrise overlay. "
>
> OK, there's a fakekey(fakephp.ko) module in bus options, which I
> configured and installed.

That's the second time you've quoted that message without properly
reading it.

> No help. I think that script is outdated,
> too. It mentions modules which don't appear in the 2.6.29-r5 sources.
> Leastwise, I can't find them.

That page refers to the ASUS_ACPI module package, which is no longer
needed as the modules are now part of the kernel. So yes, the names may
have changed and you should update the wiki once you have discovered the
modules to use now.

--
Neil Bothwick

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

[Maxim Wexler]

> you even quoted the part where it clearly says the package is NOT in
> portage.

ouch.

>
> It's in an overlay, Sunrise to be exact, and you need layman for that. There
> is an excellent layman guide on the gentoo docs site.
>

didn't > --

> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
>

finish my post -- I've encountered the term 'overlay' before. Never
realized it's like a mini-portage until now.

mw